LAW
· 1976 - BA (Hons) Law Degree
· 1978 - Gray's Inn Advocacy Award winner
· 1978 - Called to the Bar, Barrister-at-Law
· 1997 - Appointed by Lord Chancellor as Judge
· 1999 - Honorary Doctorate in Law, LLD, Warwick University

CORPORATE ACTIVITIES
· Non-executive Director, Mottram Holdings plc
· Non-executive Chairman, World Sports Solutions plc
· Non-executive Director, Independent Football Commission Ltd
· Consultant, Kleinwort Benson Bank
· Chancellor, Bournemouth University
· Chairman, Warwick Communications Ltd
· Vice President, National Small Business Bureau
· Vice President, British Board of Film Classification

KEYNOTE SPEECHES INCLUDE
· Keynote Speaker, National MBA Business Conference, Detroit, USA
· Keynote Speaker, 50th Human Rights Conference, Moscow, Russia
· International Corporate Social Responsibility Conference, United Nations, New York

MEDIA
· TV and Radio Presenter, Crime Stalker (Carlton TV), Talk About (BBC1), The John Taylor Programme (BBC Radio2), Powerhouse (Channel 4)

POLITICS
· 1986-90 - Solihull Borough Councillor
· 1990-91 - Special Adviser to the Home Secretary and Ministers of State
· 1992 - Parliamentary Candidate for Cheltenham
· 1996 - Life Peerage
· 1997 - Introduced and carried through the Criminal Evidence Amendment Act 1997

COMMUNITY
· 1992-4 Non Executive Director, North West Thames Regional Health Authority
· Former Warwickshire Colts County Cricketer
· England International Parliamentary Soccer XI
· Former Aston Villa FC Youth Team
· Committee member, Royal Television Society
· Committee member, Variety Club Children's Charity
· Committee member, Radio Academy
· Patron, Parents for Children Charity
· Patron, Kidscape
· Committee member, SCAR (Sickle Cell Anaemia Relief)
· President, African Caribbean Westminster Business Initiative
· President, West Indian Senior Citizens' Association
· President, Ilford Town Football Club
· Director, The Warwick Leadership Foundation

Dear John,
I very much enjoyed your presentation – very entertaining as well as being insightful.
Dr Graham Cheetham
Dept for Education and Employment

The South Wales Law Society was incredibly delighted to be on the receiving end of a speech from Lord John Taylor of Warwick. His delivery was engaging and informed leaving everyone concerned with a very favourable impression indeed.
Roger Jones
South Wales Law Society

Born in 1953, he joined the House of Lords in 1996 and was the youngest life peer and the first black person to join the house. His wife, Lady Katherine, is a medical doctor at consultant level and he has two girls (16 and 8) and one boy (6).

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